Given name & surname
Habib
“one who is dearly loved”
Habib is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Original Arabicحبيب
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
In English usage, Habib developed from حبيب.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Habib through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 944
- 944 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #3,790 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,790 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 2019. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,490 as a first name in 2020; 6,255 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Habib’s family of names
Habib has a feminine form in Habiba. Habib has a related form in Habeeb. Habib has a related form in Habeab.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Habib has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Habib comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Habib
- Habib BourguibaTunisian politician (1903–2000)
- Abu TammamMuslim Arab poet of Abbasid era (died 850)804–846
- Habib BeyeSenegalese-French football manager (born 1977)
- Habib KoitéMalian musicianborn 1958
- Ignatius IV of AntiochPatriarch of Antioch (1920-2012)
- Habib DialloSenegalese association football player (born 1995)
- Habib EssidTunisian politicianborn 1949
- Habib BellaïdTunisian and French association football playerborn 1986
- Habib ThiamSenegalese politician (1933-2017)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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